In late 2019, the Leeds Playhouse completed a major £15.8 million redevelopment that included all-new d&b audiotechnik audio systems for the two main theatres, supplied by Autograph Sales & Installations.
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Nottingham’s Theatre Royal has completed the purchase of a DiGiCo SD10T with two SD-Racks, supplied by Autograph Sales & Installations. Autograph also provided an installed fibre network plus training sessions for the console and its theatre-specific T software.
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Hertfordshire-based audio evolution are a specialist provider of event solutions, created to meet the demand for high-end, bespoke audio to accompany the visual services offered by their sister company pixl evolution, global leaders in corporate and special event video.
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Autograph Sales & Installations recently supplied loudspeakers and a digital mixing solution for The Den, a brand new pop-up theatre which forms a key part of the local exchange programme hosted by the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester.
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Idyllically located in 38 acres of woodland yet close to the town centre of Crawley in Sussex, The Hawth Theatre celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2018 and is a regular host of both successful West End productions and world-famous companies and orchestras.
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The first convention centre anywhere in the world designed from the outset to be carbon-neutral, the multi award-winning Convention Centre Dublin (The CCD) opened in 2010 and is the first state-owned, public-access building to be constructed since the foundation of the Irish State.
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The new North Block at the Royal Central School Of Speech And Drama is the fifth phase of an ongoing development programme which started in 1991 with the construction of the Embassy Extension building.
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Based in south-west London and currently also providing production for the very successful George Ezra tour, Stylus Productions have recently purchased a complete Allen & Heath dLive FOH / Monitors package from Autograph Sales & Installations.
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Recently renovated, famed as the favoured watering hole of legendary thespians and one of London’s best-loved intimate music venues, the near-300 year old Duke Of Hamilton in Hampstead is also home to the Hampstead Jazz Club.
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Colfe’s School in south-east London is a co-educational independent school originally founded in 1652, catering for students from the age of three to 18 years via their Junior, Senior and Sixth Form facilities.
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Mountview is one of the UK’s leading centres of learning for those aspiring to a career in the performing arts, providing specialist vocational training in acting and musical theatre as well as theatre production arts.
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Our friends at Lighting & Sound International have honoured us by publishing a full technical review of 'Hamilton', the hottest ticket in the West End and one of the many shows which features a state-of-the-art audio system supplied by Autograph Sound.
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The relationship between London’s Barbican Centre and Autograph Sales & Installations is a long and close one which includes not only the supply of many audio products and ongoing support but also the recent installation of a venue-wide digital transport network in the Hall which assists the house technicians in handling anything the amazingly diverse programme of events might throw at them.
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Established in London by founder and owner Rory Madden in 2004 and later moving to his birthplace of Port Talbot in South Wales, Sonalyst has established itself as one of the UK’s premier suppliers of production services.
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Opened in 1972, The Royal Spa Centre in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire is one of a number of facilities jointly managed by the newly-formed Arts Service launched in 2017 by Warwick District Council's Cultural Services, alongside the Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum and the Visitor Information Centre in the Royal Pump Rooms.
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Salisbury-based Major Tom are supporting long-term client Ed Sheehan with a full production package on his current ‘Divide Tour’, an extraordinary global trek for the singer-songwriter that started in early 2017 and is scheduled to to continue well into 2019.
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London-based Stylus Productions are a dynamic, young and growing company providing pro-audio equipment rental and production management services, founded by Sam Thomas and Oliver Weeks in 2016.
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Just reopened after more than a decade of closure and subject to a multi-million pound refit, the Leicester Haymarket Theatre is set to provide a true multi-purpose performance and conference venue to this historic city in the UK’s East Midlands.
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Arlington Arts Centre in Newbury, Berkshire, is one of the facilities owned by Mary Hare Services Ltd, a company which provides a wide range of services, training, products and facilities that raise funds for Mary Hare School for the Deaf.
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Many of Autograph’s installations are ‘from scratch’ projects where the company is commissioned to provide a whole new audio infrastructure to the performance specifications of the client.
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With a history going back more than three hundred years and an annual audience of over half a million people, the world-famous Sadler’s Wells is synonymous with dance in all its many guises.
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Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre is a unique theatrical space, located within an historic building whose story is as colourful and dramatic as the productions that grace its in-the-round stage, one of the largest in the country with a capacity of up to 750.
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Autograph Sales & Installations recently supplied the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester with a package of audio equipment which included a pair of our very own Signature Series switchover devices, for PC and MADI respectively.
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Based in the Kings Place complex in the heart of London, Kings Place Music Foundation is the charity set up to run the music spaces within the central London facility and which aims to provide an open creative space where artists, musicians, audiences and employees can meet to share views and ideas on music and culture.
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Founded by Mary Trevelyan and still based in the Great Portland St premises acquired by her in 1965, the International Students House is a charity dedicated to British and international Students in London.
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Petaluma, Calif., and London, England, September 12th 2017 — Point Source Audio (PSA) and Autograph Sales & Installations announced today a distribution agreement whereby Autograph Sales & Installations has been appointed the exclusive UK distributor for Point Source Audio’s SERIES8 and EMBRACE™ microphones as well as its CM-i series of patented in-ear headsets.
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LONDON, AUGUST 7th 2017 - Global leaders and innovators in theatrical audio, Autograph Sound Recording Ltd, have today announced the appointment of Scott Arnold to the position of Managing Director.
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Once part of The Regent Palace Hotel, close to London’s Piccadilly, ‘Live At Zédel’ is a part of an entertainment complex set in the most opulent Art Deco surroundings, where visitors may enjoy not only a range of contemporary entertainment but drinks in the beautiful Bar Américain and fine contemporary dining at Brasserie Zédel.
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The relationship between London’s Barbican Centre and Autograph stretches back many years and is a fine example of a leading venue which is always striving to stay ahead, working closely with a multi-disciplinary specialist supplier to realise those ambitions.
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The London Academy Of Music & Dramatic Art (LAMDA) has just opened its brand new, £28m facility which completely replaces the western part of their campus and more than doubles its overall size.
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In addition to the continuous stream of case studies and news stories we produce about our favourite digital mixing console brand, we also like to recognise those clients who are just too busy doing what they do to help us put an item together!
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Opened on Boxing Day 1912 and having gone through several changes of use in its long history, the 1,920-capacity Manchester Opera House was completely refurbished in 2003 and is now owned by the Ambassador Theatre Group.
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Located in Great Portland St, right opposite Regent’s Park in the very centre of London, the building that includes both the Park Crescent Conference Centre and 229 The Venue manages to combine a suite of flexible spaces with two vibrant live music venues.
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Edinburgh-based equipment hire and event production company Blue Parrot Ltd have just taken delivery of a large consignment of Aviom equipment, supplied by Autograph Sales & Installations.
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Autograph recently carried out a major upgrade to the already extensive theatrical education facilities at St Paul’s Girls School in west London, including new backstage paging and relay systems. This follows the installation of the first Meyer Sound CAL loudspeaker system in the UK, also supplied and installed by Autograph, about which you can learn more HERE.
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Our sister company Autograph Sound provided the audio infrastructure for Disney's new production of 'Aladdin' at the Prince Edward Theatre and our friends at Lighting & Sound International have favoured us with a cover story in their November 2016 issue!
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London’s The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama recently purchased a new DiGiCo SD10-T digital mixing system from Autograph Sales & Installations. The updated equipment serves dual duty as both a teaching aid and their primary audio mixing system for in-house productions.
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The original Ronnie Scott’s opened its doors in October 1959 when the noted saxophonist opened a small basement club where local musicians could jam with others who shared their passion. Almost six decades later and in its new Soho home, Ronnie Scott’s is one of the world’s best-known jazz clubs, regularly hosting not only the genre’s biggest names but also nurturing rising stars. The club also now offers a diverse programme of live music including Latin, jive, blues, flamenco, tap dancing and DJ sets which has helped make it the place to be for both the new hipster generation and music fans seeking the very best in live jazz.
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The West End production of Disney’s Aladdin at the Prince Edward Theatre is using the Clear-Com FreeSpeak II wireless intercom system to provide clear communications, from build to performance. The show opened in June 2016 and the system was supplied and installed by our sister company Autograph Sound who also provided the state-of-the-art audio systems required to support the new production.
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Reopened in 1979 having been moved and rebuilt brick-by-brick from its original location, The Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith has recently undergone a major revamp, completed in 2015 and now offering new facilities for young people and the local community. Its two main performance areas (the 550-seat Main House and the 120-seat Studio) are venues for the theatre’s speciality of new, groundbreaking productions, winning an Olivier Award in 2011 for their production of Sarah Kane’s ‘Blasted’. Autograph Sales & Installations worked closely with the theatre’s Head Of Sound Nick Manning to specify and supply a large and very diverse suite of audio equipment that was a key part of the refurbishment.
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Originally opened in 1880, the Guildhall School Of Music & Drama was the first municipal music college in Britain. It is now one of the world’s leading conservatoires and drama schools, catering for 800 students (of which around 40% are from overseas) undertaking a range of courses in music, acting and technical theatre. It was rated by The Guardian University Guide 2013 as the ‘Number One specialist institution in the UK’ and has twice been honoured with the Queen’s Anniversary Prize.
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Autograph Sales & Installations were delighted to contribute to a major new theatrical facility in Liverpool, the new Everyman Theatre, run by the Liverpool & Merseyside Trust who are are also responsible for the nearby Liverpool Playhouse.
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The Great Hall of St. Paul’s Girls’ School in London has fitted two Meyer Sound CAL 64 column array loudspeakers, which is the first installation of the column arrays in the UK. The loudspeaker system reproduces speech, live music and video soundtracks and are custom-coloured to match the surrounding oak woodwork in the 1904 auditorium.
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The disastrous fire that destroyed Neg Earth’s Park Royal premises claimed, among much else, all the communications equipment on site, necessitating a rapid acquisition of new Clear-Com units to cover their ongoing workload.
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London’s Cadogan Hall is both the home of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and a popular live music venue, hosting over 300 shows a year. A recent technical upgrade has seen its legacy of Yamaha mixing consoles continue, with the installation of a new CL3 system by Autograph Sales & Installations.
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The National Theatre’s ambitious transformation of the Cottesloe Theatre into the refurbished and flexible Dorfman Theatre, named after Travelex founder and philanthropist Lloyd Dorfman who donated a personal gift of £10 million to the NT Future redevelopment project, was completed in September 2014. The 19-month re-fit saw the 350-capacity space kitted out with greater capacity, more comfortable seats, a lift, improved acoustics, lighting and sight-lines, enlarged foyer spaces and flexible staging which allows almost any combination of seating and performance space.
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All The World’s A Stage...Autograph At The Home Of the Bard
The Globe Theatre was the vision and life’s work of pioneering actor and director Sam Wanamaker, a vision that was finally realised when Her Majesty The Queen opened the new Globe in June 1997.
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Perhaps better known for its fishing fleet than its theatrical ambitions, the city of Kingston Upon Hull is busily preparing for its role as UK City of Culture in 2017. Hull Truck Theatre played a key role in the bidding team that secured this national accolade and their preparations for what will be a very busy year have included a thorough re-design and re-fit of their installed audio infrastructure.
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A fixture of London’s jazz music scene for more than four decades, PizzaExpress Jazz Club recently replaced its aging audio system with a new, self-powered Meyer Sound system. Long known for its intimate atmosphere, friendly acoustics, and stellar musical lineup, the club was voted Live Music Venue of the Year at the 2015 London Lifestyle Awards soon after the upgrade.
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The recent upgrade to the audio infrastructure in the historic Bath Forum posed a number of design and engineering challenges, all of which were met by the Autograph Sales & Installations team.
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Known throughout the country for the outstanding quality of its concert performances, the purpose-built 300-seat concert hall has recently undergone a major upgrade to its audio systems in partnership with Autograph Sales & Installations. Led by the company’s New Business Engineer Phil Nicolaou, the project centred on the specification and installation of a new front-of-house loudspeaker system and included an upgrade to the existing mixing console, new equipment racks and mains power management systems.
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We recently completed a lengthy upgrade to the backstage paging system at Ambassador Theatre Group's Harold Pinter Theatre in London, a project that both recalled some of our roots and also underlined the virtues of simplicity and future-proof designs.
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Following their purchase of a new DiGiCo SD10 in 2012 the West Yorkshire Playhouse have taken delivery of a DiGiCo SD9, principally for use in their Courtyard theatre, the smaller of the two performance spaces at the Leeds venue.
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The Duke’s Hall is the beautiful main performance space within the Royal Academy of Music on London’s Marylebone Road, and has recently benefited from our expertise in creating bespoke solutions for high-profile locations where others considerations as well as great audio come into play.
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Autograph Sound Recording are proud to have been voted Hire Company of the Year in the 2013 Theatre Technical awards. Gratifying indeed, as it is industry professionals who vote and obviously they have been happy to place their x next to the Autograph box.
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Located in central Leeds, the West Yorkshire Playhouse provides top-class theatrical performance facilities for audiences throughout the region and beyond. It is a producing theatre which creates its own shows for both in-house production and national touring, whilst also collaborating frequently with other major regional theatres. Numerous shows have transferred to the West End from Leeds, the most recent being ‘Loserville’ which premiered at London’s Garrick Theatre in October 2012.
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In mid-September Autograph Sales & Installations welcomed thirteen students from LAMDA (the London Academy Of Music And Dramatic Art), for a day of training & hands-on experience, at their premises in north London.
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Autograph recently assembled a formidable array of golfing talent to take on the challenge of the inaugural PLASA golf day, held at the beautiful and challenging Drift Club just after the PLASA London show.
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Following a request by highly respected theatre producer Sir Cameron Mackintosh, Autograph were tasked with the supply, design, installation and programming of a new sound system at St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden. The church is affectionately known as ‘The Actors' Church’ because of its long association with the theatre community.
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The recently opened rooftop bar and venue called ‘Vista’ sits atop the Trafalgar hotel. Providing a stylish and chic appeal by day and a magical, atmospheric experience by night, it is aimed at social gatherings, celebratory events and fashionable entertainment in a prime central London location.
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